Homeland (Showtime)
Premieres: Sunday, Sept. 30 at 10/9c

Where We Left Off: Brody's assassination attempt against the vice president failed, but Abu Nazir gave him a new mission: Gather intel from inside the U.S. government as a congressman. After losing her job at the CIA, Carrie decided to undergo electroshock therapy to treat her bi-polar disorder (and to erase her feelings for Brody). But just before she went under, she realized the missing link between Brody and Nazir.

What's Next: The story jumps ahead six months and finds Congressman Brody mulling an even more promising job opportunity all the while stealing intel at Nazir's request. And while executive producer Howard Gordon promises Carrie will "absolutely" remember her cliff-hanger realization at some point in Season 2, she begins the season working as a teacher before reluctantly taking a "one-time" assignment in Beirut with her former colleagues. "Carrie is a moth to the flame," Gordon says. "[She] knows that what she's so good at is really bad for her. That's one of the delightful tensions in her character."